Tonight is the first of 13 Wednesday night broadcasts from the Pittsburgh SYmphony Orchestra on the "Evening Concert".

Beethoven's late works for string quartet are often described as being "sublime"....(word-play here: is that the opposite of "sub-lemon"?)

An epic oratorio based on one of the most influential prophets of the Old Testament.

It took Mendelssohn six years to complete. Do you think it took Christian Tetzlaff six years to learn to play Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto"? Perhaps. The answer depends on what age he started to learn the work.

The fourth movement of the Beethoven String Quartet No., 6 is marked "Questo pezzo si deve trattare colla più gran delicatezza" ("This piece is to be played with the greatest delicacy".)